User talk:Levelistchampion

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Welcome!

Hello Levelistchampion, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Wikipedia:Where to ask a question or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome!  HGB 01:57, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

I've noticed you were making additions to Harry Turtledove related pages and wanted to invite you to work on Turtlewiki. Shsilver 01:09, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Posting on talk pages

I noticed your recent posting to Talk:Starship Troopers, and wanted to make a few suggestions about posting to talk pages.

  • First, it's highly recommended that one sign one's postings with four tildes (~~~~), which the wiki editor automatically converts to a timestamped, username-linked signature. The timestamp is important in trying to follow the chronological flow of the discussion, especially as many editors fail to follow standard talk page practices.
  • Second, when starting a new topic, one should use the "new topic" (+) tab, which provides a separate box to include the title of the new topic. This not only avoids syntax errors in creating the heading (which happen to even the most experienced wikians), but also displays the title as the edit summary for your posting.
  • And speaking of edit summaries, one should always include an edit summary for edits, as this helps other editors monitoring and reviewing the changes to both articles and talk pages to spot specific changes. (It's hardly infallible, but frequently saves a huge amount of time in this time-consuming work.)

If you have any questions about these practices, feel free to post them to my talk page. Thank you for listening. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 10:22, 13 August 2006 (UTC)